Garment hanger



Aug. 20, 1929. I M, KENDIS 1,725,457

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 11, 1929 I N VEN TOR. W /l la w Ma/man fill A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES MICHAEL B. KENDIS, OF SEDAIJA, MISSOURI.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed February 11, 1929.

My invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, particularly adapted for supporting garments, such as coats or vests.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a garment hanger which will hold the garment, coat or vest in proper shape or form, when suspended upright or with one side edge portion up, as might occur when placed in a trunk.

1 A further object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger of the kind described, with means by which the garment is held firmly in proper form on the body of the hanger.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel garment hanger and a novel support therefor.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a novel garment hanger, which is simple, cheap to make, durable, not liable to break or become distorted in use, and which is easily applied to and removed from the garment, and which is adapted for compact storing of the garment in a trunk, closet or other receptacle.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved garment hanger, upon which a coat is shown mounted thereon, and which is shown mounted on my improved hanger support.

Fig. 2 is an elevation view of the garment hanger.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of my improved hanger and hanger support, the latter being shown fastened to a wall, the latter being shown fragmentally and in horizontal section.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts in the different views.

The hanger comprises a rectangular wire body having vertiside arms 1 and 2, the upper end portions 3 of which incline inward] and upwardly and preferably cross eac other, as shown, the upper ends thereof terminating respectively in hooks 4 adapted to be removably slidably mounted on the two horizontal arms 5 of a U-shaped supporting member, the middle portion of which has an e e 6, through which is adapted to be exten ed a supporting device, such as a screw 7 said screw being mounted in a wall 8 of a room or trunk, not shown in full.

Serial No. 338,996.

A garment, as a coat 9, is adapted to have the inner sides of its shoulders rest on the inclined portions 3, and the inner opposite side portions of the coat are adapted to fold over and to respectively rest against the arms 1 and 2. The latter extend respectively upwardly from the ends of a transverse portion 10, located adjacent to the lower edge of the coat. A cross brace 11 has its ends fastened respectively to the arms 1 and 2 adjacent to the upper ends of the vertical portions of the arms, to hold the latter in parallel spaced relation to each other.

The arm 2 is provided adjacent to its middle portion with one or more eyelets 12. To hold the front portions 13 and 14 of the coat. drawn tightly toward each other, so as to hold the side portions of the coat against the arms 1 and 2, there are provided one or more means for engaging releasably the front coat portions 13 and 14, and the arms 1 and 2. Each of said means comprises, in the preferred form shown, a flexible member, as a cord 15, having slidable engagement with one of the eyelets 12, and which at one end is provided with a loop 16, which is adapted to releasably engage one of the buttons 17 on the front portion 14 of the coat. The flexible member 15 has attached to it a hook 18 adapted to releasably engage the arm 1.

The flexible member, or cord 15, is reeved through two holes in the shank of a hook- 19 adjustably mounted on the cord15 between the hook 18 and the adjacent eyelet 12.

In the drawing, two of the coat tightening devices, just described, are shown mounted on the hanger body. In Fig. 1 both devices are shown in operative positions. In Fig. 2, the upper device is shown in operative position, and the lower device is shown unfastened from the arm 1.

In the operation of the invention, the hooks 18 are disengaged from the arm 1, and the coat 9 is mounted on the hanger, 101 with the shoulders resting on the inclined portions 3, and the side portions of the coat mounted respectively on the arms 1 and 2, as shown.

The loops 16 are then respectively engaged ml with the buttons 17, Fig. 1, of the front coat portion 13, which is at the inner side of the front portion 14 of the coat. The hooks 19 are then engaged with the front portion 14 through the button holes 20 of said portion 114 spirit of my invention.

14, after which the hooks 18 are hooked over the arm 1 at the outer side of the coat. The hooks 19 are positioned on the flexible cord 15, so that when the hooks 18 embrace the arm 1, the front portions 13 and 14: of the coat will be drawn tightly in opposite directions, thus causing the coat to be firmly and tightly fitted on the arms 1 and 2, so that the hanger with the coat on it may be suspended vertically or one side edge up without the coat becoming wrinkled or out of proper shape.

The hooks 1' may then be respectively mounted on the arms 5 of the member of which they are a part. The outer ends 21 of the arms 5 are laterally turned, preferably outwardly, as shown, so that the hooks are'prevented thereby from sliding off the arms 5.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the What I claim is 1. A garment hanger having side arms adapted to bear respectively against the inner side portions of a garment, such as a coat, the upper portions of said arms being inwardly turned and adapted to support the shoulders of said garment, a flexible member having meansat one end for engaging a button on one front portion of the garment, and slidably engaging one of said side arms,

means attached to said flexible member for releasably engaging the other side arm, and means attached-to said flexible member for releasably engaging the other front portion oflsaid garment through a button hole thereof. V

2. A garment hanger having side arms adapted to bear respectively against the inner side portions of a garment, such as a coat, the upper portions of said arms being inwardly turned and adapted to support the shoulders of said garment, a flexible member having means for engaging and holding a button on one front portion of the garment and slidably engaging one of said side arms, a hook attached to said flexible port the shoulders of said garmenaone of said side arms having a loop, a flexible member slidable in said loop and having means for releasably engaging a button on one front portion of said garment, a hook attached to said flexible member and adapted to releasably engage the other side arm, and a hook attached to said flexible member and adapted to releasably engage the opposite front portion of said garment through a button hole thereof.

1. A garment hanger having two side arms converging upwardly and inwardly and crossing each other and respectively provided at their upper ends with two hooks, in combination with a support having two horizontal parallel arms adapted to respectively slidably support said hooks and having laterally turned outer ends adapted to engage and respectively limit the outward movement of said hooks. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MICHAEL B. KENDIS. 

